I’m working my way through Dr. David Jermiah’s book My Heart’s Desire Living every moment in the wonder of worship.

He’s an excellent speaker and I’m enjoying his book very much.

Over the past few weeks, my time spent in the Word has been too small. It’s never on purpose, but last night, I prayed and asked the Lord to help me be more disciplined in this area.

I don’t want to be so busy that I don’t have a few moments to spend time with the most important Person in my life.

This morning, I sat on the couch with my Bible, a cup of coffee, and Dr. Jeremiah’s book–oh and a big sleepy boy cuddled on my lap.

The portion I read this morning was about worshipping in the dark. This of course is something I know about. He shared the story of a husband and wife who always walked together at night.

The husband received a phone call just as they were leaving. He told her to get started and he’d catch up.

A teenage boy pulled into his driveway and saw scrapes on his car. He realized that he HAD hit something. He hadn’t been sure before. He and his father pulled out to search for what he had hit.

They drove past a man who seemed to be looking for something so they pulled over. The man said, “I’m looking for my wife. She started our walk before me and now I can’t seem to find her.”

The boy had hit her and she was lying in a ditch with a broken neck. Dead.

So many tragedies occur in all of our lives. So many hard things. So many things that threaten to crush us and make us question our faith.

But this husband a few weeks after burying his wife and unborn son stood in his church and spoke of the goodness of God. He praised the name of his sovreign Lord. He testified to the goodness and grace of God during suffering and loss. He gave God the glory for the hard time in his life.

This part made me cry. I know that worshipping God in the dark is a sacrifice. I also know how wonderfully sweet times spent with the Lord are during a horrible trial. I have said many times before that I didn’t want this trial. Sometimes I’m quite tired of it! But I would never trade the nearness of the Lord in the dark.

That’s why I was asking the Lord to help me not neglect his word and time spent with him. I need him. I can’t do this on my own. If it weren’t for his strength, I’d never make it.

Dr. Jeremiah shared some steps to help us move from worry to worship. I plan to share them here soon.

What about you? Have you experiences the sweetness of worshipping God when your life is dark?

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